Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

All-Night Pharmacy by Ruth Madievsky

9 reviews

inkylabyrinth's review

emotional reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Both the kind of people and the kind of things that happen in this book hit way too close to home for me to be able to say if this book was "good" or even if I "liked" it or not.

I'm also moving away from asking questions like, "did I like this book?" and moving towards "what did I learn from this book?" or, "which piece of it am I going to carry with me?", or even, "how did it change me?"

I am really glad I read this, and I am really proud of myself for being able to read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

samcanuel's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The characters and plot of this book are quite messy, but it was beautifully written and very honest. The story had so many layers, between the main characters’ struggles with addiction, her identity, her family, and her love life. Each layer and the ways that they intertwined were treated with great care.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Drug use, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Death, Hate crime, Infidelity, Abandonment, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, War, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

skylarak's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Not your typical story about Jewish ancestral trauma! A good reminder that it’s born fair or helpful to paint it all with one brush. Came for the Moldovan Jewish representation, stayed for the squirrel candies, sour cherry varenkiki, mamaliga, and iguana, and Suboxone rep! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Drug use, Addiction, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ukponge's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Medical content, Suicide, Drug abuse, Addiction, Drug use, Violence, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Homophobia and Vomit

noshinbean's review

dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Hate crime, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Drug use, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

slucchesi06's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Grief, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Rape, Hate crime, and Medical content

ashleyjewell's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

This book was a wild ride, and I have said that before but this one REALLY was wild. 

The un-named main character self medicated with LOTS of pills as she tries to navigate life without her chaotic sister Debbie. I really enjoyed reading the dynamic between her and Debbie and wished we got more of that. 

She later meets Sasha, a self proclaimed psychic, who I found equally captivating and frustrating. I found moments of their relationship really tender, and liked how they were processing their generational trauma together as two queer people from Russian-Jewish families who experienced the holocaust. 

I could go on but the book is so complex it’s best to just read it yourself! It’s definitely one I will be thinking about for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Medical content

sydneyl23's review

dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Self harm, Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Vomit, Abortion, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

samseyz's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Self harm, Drug use, Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Medical content, and Grief